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A Tale Of Two Buddhist Lands
Aryan Gordon, researcher on China at Keston College, reports on the contrasting religious fortunes of two forgotten countries MONGOLIA (the former Chinese province of Outer......
Death Threats For Life Concerns
FR Enzo Di Natoli thought the young people of his parish would learn something from a visit to the local psychiatric hospital. But he learnt a lot more himself, and is wondering......
Trial To Commence
THE TRIAL of eight met charged with killing an Italim missionary in 1985 was rescheduled for yesterday after defence lawyers challenged thr presiding judge's neutrality. Th......
Curran's Ban Ends Dissent
by Jack O'Sullivan THE Vatican investigation into Fr Charles Curran's theological views began in 1979, within months of Pope John Paul's papal election. The decision to ban the......
Divorce Wins The Day In Argentina
AFTER A 30-hour televised debate, the Argentinian House of Deputies voted overwhelmingly in favour of divorce legislation, despite the heated and vocal opposition of the......
Overseas News In Brief
Augustinian letter TO MARK St Augustine's conversion 1600 years ago, Pope John Paul II issued a 20 page apostolic letter on Tuesday. The English text will be available soon.......
Irish Minister Hits At Church For Bar On Female Ordination
by Peter Stanford THE only female member of the Irish cabinet, Social Welfare minister Gemma Hussey has attacked the Catholic Church's bar on the ordination of women. "I find it......
Lack Of Planning In Rome Celibacy Demo
AN AMERICAN woman who went to Rome to draw attention to the issue of optional priestly celibacy has returned home early, citing illness and lack of planning. Maggie Olson,......
Appeal To Gorbachev
MOST of the Catholic clergy in a Lithuanian diocese have appealed in writing to the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to take steps to see that religious freedom in the USSR is......
Bid To Free Russian Poet
ARCHBISHOP Derek Worlock of Liverpool has joined with other church leaders, politicians, and stars of stage and screen in urging the Soviet Ambassador in London to intercede on......
Nicaraguan Talks To Resume
NICARAGUA's church and government leaders will resume a dialogue in early September. Both sides have expressed a willingness to talk about the problems that exist between them,......